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Ravi Tiruchirapalli

Email: *********@********.***

Address: *** ******* **** *****

City: Greer

State: SC

Zip: 29650

Country: USA

Phone: 864-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $90,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Summary

An Application Development Consultant with extensive experience in

mainframe platforms in the medical insurance industry and with

manufacturing companies including automobile manufacturing. Experienced in

managing both on and off shore development resources. Committed to

customer expectations and delivering quality IT products that provided

excellent customer satisfaction.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems: MVS/OS, AOS-VS, DOS, Novell Netware, Windows 98, 2000

and XP.

Database: DB2, working knowledge in MS-access

Hardware: IBM 3090, ES/9000, Data General, IBM PC Compatibles.

Software and Languages: CICS, Cobol-370, Cobol-II, JCL, VSAM, Xpeditor,

Endeavor, OPC - Job scheduler, File-Aid, SPUFI, File-Aid for DB2, TSO,

ISPF, Test Director 9.2, QUALITY CENTER, PLAN VIEW, Third party software

provided by GEAC - HR 98.25 (payroll package), IBM utilities, MS WORD,

EXCEL, POWERPOINT,VISIO.

Professional Experience

United Health Group - Greenville, SC 2006 - 2012

Application Development Consultant

Responsible for maintaining the Summary Check, OTS, eHealth batch system

which utilized DB2 and VSAM file structures.

. Used COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, FILEAID, OPC, to maintain and

develop batch systems which created Explanation of Benefits (EOBs),

tracked overpayments, and kept DB2 claim information for varies

portals.

. Developed technical specifications, system requirements and other key

documents for project implementation.

. Processed and maintained various DB2 and VSAM files which contained

employee and provider claim and financial information such as HIPAA,

ICD9, and CPT-4, and remark codes.

. Served in a System Analyst capacity when needed for key projects,

acting as a liaison between the developer and business partners,.

. Participated in planning sessions to help identifying system

enhancements to improve operational efficiencies and reduce cost.

. Coordinated project plans with internal and external team members for

varies projects.

. Maintained system documentation for SOX compliancy.

. Indentified ways and means to reduce DASD utilization - for instance

identified several old unwanted Datasets and eliminated them to reduce

cost

. Worked on several application development projects. Involved in every

phase of the SDLC process, completed them with High Quality and well

within the Target dates.

. Used Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to document system flow for

present and future enhancements.

. Acted as mentor to team members for resolving system processing

issues.

CGI/AMS, Inc. 1998 - 2005

CGI is among the leading independent information technology and business

process services firms in the world.

Technical Consultant, Rating System - Bellsouth Birmingham, Alabama (2004 -

2005)

Maintained the Rating system application for Bellsouth which used DB2 and

VSAM file structures.

. Rating system application which uses IBM mainframe technology - COBOL,

CICS, JCL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, FILEAID, OPC, to maintain and develop batch

systems.

. Responsible for gathering user requirements, liaison with client end

users on a day to day basis to resolve any project issues,

construction of project documents including

Technical specification and Design document.

. Provided application support 24x7, maintained minimum down time for

production abends.

Project Lead/Technical Consultant, Corporate Accounting System - Michelin

(1998 - 2004)

Maintained the Corporate Accounting System for Michelin which used DB2 and

VSAM file structures.

. Maintained the Corporate Accounting system including Payroll,

HR/Benefits, GL, Fixed Assets, Sales Accounting and Accounts

Payable applications with 6 Onsite Resources and 24 Offshore

Resources.

. Responsible for Requirements gathering, Liaison with client and end

users, Resolving quality and project issues.

. Coordinated with client management for approval of new projects and

user acceptance sign-offs

. Maintained Payroll application in GEAC - HR 98.25 Payroll Package

(third party vendor supplied package), Applied SRs and SRMs,

Bulletin updates and Tax updates from GEAC for Various States and

effectively tested and maintained in Production environment.

. Effectively worked on Y2K remediation for Corporate Accounting systems

and Manufacturing systems involving several thousand components

Additional Relevant Experience

Sai Software, Inc. 1996 - 1997

Sr. Analyst Programmer

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Ashok Leyland Ltd 1981 - 1996

A leading vehicle manufacturer in India.

Assistant IT Department Manager

Education and Professional Training

Bachelor's degree in Statistics

Loyola College, University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

Diploma in Computer Programming

Completed a course in Project Management skills

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